Explore the Family Name Ender

The meaning of Ender

South German: from a short form of the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas. Some characteristic forenames: German Dieter, Elke, Ingo, Otto, Siegfried.

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How common is the last name Ender in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Ender has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 27,176th in terms of prevalence, but by 2010 this had fallen to a rank of 33,164th, marking a decrease of 22.03%. The actual count of individuals bearing the Ender surname also dropped from 837 in 2000 to 690 in 2010, indicating a drop of 17.56%. Furthermore, the proportion of people with the Ender surname per 100,000 decreased from 0.31 to 0.23 during this decade, showing a 25.81% drop.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,176	#33,164	-22.03%
Count	837	690	-17.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.23	-25.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ender

In regards to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates some shifts in ethnic identity amongst those carrying the Ender surname between 2000 and 2010. Interestingly, no Asian/Pacific Islander individuals with this surname were recorded in 2000, whereas they accounted for 1.01% of the total in 2010. The percentage of people identifying as Two or More Races decreased from 0.96% to 0.72%. The majority of people with this surname identified as White, although this figure declined slightly from 95.94% to 93.04%. An increase was observed in the Hispanic category, where the percentage rose significantly from 2.03% to 4.64%. There were no changes in the Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.94%	93.04%	-3.02%
Hispanic	2.03%	4.64%	128.57%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.01%	0%
Two or More Races	0.96%	0.72%	-25%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%